Guidelines for Promoting Healthy Schools in Large-Scale Secondary Schools Under the Pathum Thani Secondary Educational Service Area Office
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This study aimed to 1) examine the current and desired conditions of health-promoting schools across five key components students, school, environment, family, and community; 2) analyze the essential needs for strengthening health-promoting schools; and 3) propose context-appropriate guidelines for promoting health-promoting schools in large secondary schools. A mixed-methods design was employed, grounded in the conceptual framework of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), which encompasses the five aforementioned components. The sample consisted of 204 teachers and school personnel. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the PNImodified index.
The findings revealed that:
1) The highest essential need for developing health-promoting schools was in the dimension of students’ well-being (PNImodified = 0.45), followed by community well-being, family well-being, school well-being, and environmental well-being, with indices of 0.35, 0.34, 0.33, and 0.31, respectively.
2) A total of 111 guidelines for promoting health-promoting schools were derived from interviews with five key informants. These comprised 21 guidelines for student well-being, 20 for community well-being, 28 for family well-being, 22 for school well-being, and 20 for environmental well-being.
The results highlight the urgent need to enhance students’ well-being while strengthening collaboration among families, communities, and school management. Such collaborative efforts are essential for advancing health-promoting schools in alignment with the contextual realities of large secondary schools in Pathum Thani Province.
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